Chapter 590: Praise from a Mortal Enemy

As mentioned above, Barcelona's attacking line is among the best in the entire European football scene, and the reason why they were a little passive in the first half hour of this national derby is mainly due to the impact of away games.

It's just that after the anger of the players on both sides has been stirred up more and more for various reasons, the away team, which has suffered a little physically, gradually feels the feeling of being suppressed. In fact, before the emergence of that world wave, in fact, the data of the two sides in various technical statistics were basically equal, but Real Madrid looked more positive in spirit, so it gave people the illusion that they had a big advantage.

So when Xavi gave the Barcelona players the order to put more troops in the attacking end, the visiting team's already restrained attacking power began to show. The excellent passing in midfield, Malcom's breakthrough on the right flank and the movement of Ruiz and Dolberg can put a lot of pressure on Real Madrid's defence.

Fortunately, this defensive line composed of almost all the internationals of the world football power is now trustworthy, coupled with the continuous containment of Mbappe and others in the front, so that Barcelona can not release all their energy, but with the further acceleration of the pace of the game, there are still some dangers in front of the goals of the two teams, at least let the neutral fans look very happy.

First, Malcolm suddenly made a move on the right side, shook off the interceptions of two Real Madrid players, Febas and Aaron, with extremely gorgeous steps, and then cut inside to the penalty area, and crossed the ball to the middle with Varane's physical interference. Unfortunately, Ruiz's flying tackle was a little late and he couldn't finish the final blow, otherwise Courtois's goal would have been dangerous.

The hosts then fought back, and Ceballos' through ball was blocked by Artur and the ball rolled into a relatively open space on the left side of the home side's midfield, only for Asensio to sprint hard to get him the ball in front of homegrown right-back Alex Robles before sprinting all the way to the front of the visitors' box. After opening up an open space with a simple lateral line change, the new prince of the Bernabeu, who is known for his frequent long-range shots, fired a powerful shot with his right foot that was no less powerful than Marcos Llorente's previous one, but unfortunately it was slightly over the crossbar and failed to rekindle the whole stadium.

In addition to the two close chances mentioned above, the two teams also had a couple of strikes in the next six or seven minutes, but the defenders, especially the goalkeepers of both sides, failed to pose a greater threat.

In this way, the clock quickly entered first-half stoppage time, and the fourth official had just raised his card to signal that there would be three extra minutes of play, which was relatively rare in the past, because there were few substitutions in the first 45 minutes, so it was usually a minute of stoppage time. However, considering that the two sides have been entangled in that fake fall or foul incident for a long time, this number is also understandable.

It's just that everyone didn't expect that when the stoppage time was about 25 seconds into the second minute, the score on the field changed again.

After the all-out confrontation at half-time, the players of both teams were a little stretched in terms of physical fitness, so the rhythm of the game involuntarily dropped at this stage, and Barcelona, who had the last wave of the ball, naturally handled it in the same way, constantly carrying out ineffective transmission in the midfield, and did not put any pressure on Real Madrid's defense.

But just when everyone was fooled by the illusion, Coutinho suddenly showed his experienced side, slowing the movement of several of the home midfielders, and then suddenly slashing the ball diagonally to Dolberg, who was slightly intracted from the left, and then immediately accelerated forward to help his team-mate get away from Febas.

After making a feint of a one-two, the Danish star opened his long legs and sprinted towards the front of the home team's penalty area, which immediately caught the Real Madrid defenders off guard. Marcos Llorente and Odriosola both suffered a miscommunication at this point and rushed towards Dorberg at the same time, freeing up key areas at the top of the box and giving Barcelona a chance to exploit.

While Coutinho had been haunted by Febas and unable to get the ball up, Ruiz's drop gave Dolberg a choice against a duo who undoubtedly raised the visitors' attack to a dangerous level.

Fortunately, Raphael Varane kept his attention high and reacted immediately after spotting the intentions of the opposing striker, running close behind the opponent to the line of the penalty area, and even if Ruiz received the ball, as long as he did not give him the opportunity to turn easily, he could minimize the attacking threat of the visiting team.

The first Barcelona academy striker to occupy a semi-main position at Camp Nou in the past ten years after Pedro, naturally has an outstanding ability that he can compare with ordinary players, and Ruiz's dexterity, running awareness and often admirable imagination make people see the shadow of their predecessors. And this time, he used his best way to tease the captain of the French national team.

I saw that he first used his slightly thin body to withstand the impact of Varane, of course, because the ground is in a sensitive part of the penalty area line, the French central defender does not dare to exert force, if he gives the opponent a penalty, it will be too brain-dead, after all, Ruiz's frequency of falling to the ground and excellent acting skills, you know.

When most of the people on the pitch thought he would stop the ball and then try to use his speed advantage to get past the defenders behind him, the Barcelona striker made one of Ronaldo's signature moves - without looking at the pass, he used the arch of his right foot to his left side with his eyes in the direction of the incoming ball, and then immediately turned to the right back with Varane as the axis, and sprinted towards the home team's goal.

And after the ball was cleverly transitioned by Ruiz, it was caught up by Artur, who was cutting forward at full speed on that side, and it was going to be a through pass into the box? In this moment of lightning, Vallejo, another Real Madrid central defender, had no other possibilities and immediately rushed to the route between the Brazilian midfielder and Ruiz, who was running back.

However, it turned out that he had made a mistake as Artur opted for a right-footed bombardment that flew right in the defence zone that the Spain international had just conceded.

What made Real Madrid even more frustrated was that from Courtois's point of view, Vallejo's moving body instead provided an excellent cover for the opponent's shot, as if deliberately getting out of the way, causing the Belgian international to react when the ball had already flown in front of the penalty spot.

Fortunately, in order to confuse the opponent, Artur deliberately concealed his foot shape before making the shot, so that his long-range shot was not fully completed, so the angle of the attack was not very tricky, allowing Courtois to block the forward path of the ball with his instinctive pounce.

It's just that in a hurry, it was obviously impossible to get full control of the ball, so one of the most fatal mistakes for the goalkeeper - getting out of the way, was unsurprisingly in front of the home team's goal.

Just before Courtois tried to get up and grab the ball as soon as he fell to the ground, the astute and hard-working Ruiz had already slapped his horse and fired the ball into the Real Madrid net before Varane's flying tackle, bringing the opponents back to the same level as the first half drew to a close.

Just as the home players were either frustrated by the defensive oversight, or turned their eyes to the linesman to see if the offside flag was raised, the 81,044-seat Bernabeu stadium suddenly erupted in deafening boos, mixed with vaguely discernible Spanish words.

Viewers on TV or computer were able to figure out what was going on earlier than the Real Madrid players, because the goalkeeper Ruiz, who had been locked on the camera, uncharacteristically got rid of the players who came up to celebrate with him, and instead rushed to a short distance from the home team's bench and gave Li Mudi an inverted thumbs up, almost perfectly replicating the latter's behavior half an hour earlier.

How could this kind of provocative action, which is almost the highest level, not cause the extreme indignation of all the Real Madridians on the scene! This means that the Meilinger who can come to watch the game is basically a middle-class and above people, and they are not very good at violent counterattacks, and the security intensity of the Bernabeu stadium is high enough, so there is no more hot scene.

However, the irrational behavior of the Barcelona striker was enough to cause strong dissatisfaction among the Real Madrid soldiers, and almost all the players on the field, led by captain Varane, rushed to Ruiz, who was surrounded by his teammates of the visiting team, wanting to have a good "heart-to-heart" with him. As for Peperu and Kuchi and others on the bench, they also left the bench angrily, and if it weren't for the obstruction of the coaching staff and the team medical team and the fourth official, they might have gone straight to the field.

Seeing that there was a huge possibility that the situation would develop in an uncontrolled direction, the referee on duty immediately blew the whistle for the half-time break, and after driving the unrelated personnel to leave the field as soon as possible, he came to the Barcelona striker who was engaged in a verbal dispute with several players on the opposing side, and sternly admonished the latter, and added a yellow card to warn him of the wrong behavior of stirring up tension between the two sides.

It's rare to show a yellow card to a player outside of match time, but Ruiz's behaviour did not conform to the usual ethical standards of football, so Manzano's handling was so appropriate that even the broadcaster's commentators and guests agreed with him.

It's just that the home fans who have been on the verge of madness have not intended to let go of the Barcelona players who dare to "die" at the Bernabeu, and several popular anti-Barcelona songs have been uninterrupted during the fifteen-minute halftime break, and most of the people, men and women, young and old, have participated together, which is usually a move that only the most radical fans would do.

The reason for such a spectacular event is that, on the one hand, the Meilinger took a powerful response to maintain the sacred and inviolable dignity of the club, and on the other hand, it was to vent the anger of Li Mudi, who had suffered humiliation. Although this Celestial Empire is far from conquering the majority of fans of Real Madrid due to the short time he has been in charge of the team, but only with the performance of leading the team in one-third of the season, it is enough for everyone to regain the joy of watching football, and naturally the Catalan "dog X" cannot be allowed to treat his team coach like this.

And with similar emotions, it also includes all the Real Madrid players, whether they are starters, substitutes, or even sitting in the stands and not in the squad for today's game, they are eager to start the second half immediately, and then teach the opposite Barcelona players a good lesson and teach them how to behave.

There are no accusations and criticisms, but after emphasizing the need to maintain concentration on the game at all times, he focused on analyzing what aspects his side did well in the first half, and what aspects can be further improved.

Although he would like to remind everyone a few more words, he knows very well that the special nature of the national derby makes it impossible for the vast majority of players standing on the green field to maintain their usual peace of mind, and tons of verbal persuasion are useless at this time, and sometimes have the opposite effect. It is better to let go and believe that the work ethic and desire for victory of your disciples will restrain their behavior, at least so that the morale of the team can be kept at a high level.

As for the process and the result on the pitch, it is up to the players to do it in the final analysis.

However, to the Real Madrid boss's delight, his trust was quickly rewarded.

The home team, which has always controlled the offensive dominance with a strong momentum after the rematch, finally pressed the opponent's overall formation back into the half of the field through continuous and resolute side attacks, except for Ruiz, the rest of Barcelona's front-court players had to retreat to an area of 15 to 20 meters outside the penalty area to resist Real Madrid's onslaught with a numerical advantage.

In the 53rd minute, left-back Aaron stepped forward to assist, but was kicked to the ankle by Artur and fell to the turf in pain. However, just when the Barcelona midfielder, who knew that he had just been very hard, thought that the opponent would put pressure on the referee and try to dye himself yellow, the Spanish international, who looked pained, suddenly gritted his teeth and got up and took a quick free kick, which caught everyone on the away team by surprise.

Asensio, who had been prepared, quickly stepped forward from the left side, cut inside to the penalty area about three or four meters from the baseline, and sent a powerful cross before the opponent's French central defender Lenglet rushed up to block, and the ball slid between Rodrygo, Umtiti and Ter Stegen at great speed, and was shoveled into the empty goal by Mbappe, who was outflanked at the back post.

2-1, the Galactic Battleship took the lead again early in the second half, causing all the supporters to jump from their seats in excitement.

On the sidelines, Li Mudi made a thumbs up gesture again, but this time it was upward, and the target was also towards his players, but his arrogant expression still successfully attracted the collective curse of Barcelona fans around the world. At this moment, a data change occurred in the FM system, and in the information column of the Barcelona club, the name of the Celestial Empire was added to the list of the most hated people.

However, since this data, like the game itself, is implicit in regular mode and cannot be seen by the player or the host, it wasn't until some time later that Li Muddy guessed something from the behavior of the sworn enemy fans against him.

But instead of being intimidated, he developed a strong sense of pride, and being able to sit alongside the great names of Jose Mourinho and Raul is definitely a huge compliment for the Real Madridians.

"I did it in less than half a season, it seems that I am still quite good!" Li Mudi couldn't help but be so complacent.

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